Obama Has Declared Open Season on Golden Geese. Good Idea or Not?

January 9, 2010 by Dan Mitchell

Chris Edwards and I wrote a nice book on this topic for the Cato Institute, but maybe this video gets the point across without having to turn a page.

Here’s another video, hopefully more substantive, on the issue of tax competition. And here’s one on the perils of class warfare.

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[…] not in a nation with 50 different states. Indeed, Illinois Policy reports that a growing number of geese with golden eggs decided to fly away after a big tax hike in […]
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on January 7, 2013 at 1:03 am California dismal experience of trying to soak the rich « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

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on December 29, 2012 at 9:42 am The Continuing Exodus of Jobs – and Taxable Income – from California

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on December 27, 2012 at 10:38 am The Continuing Exodus of Jobs – and Taxable Income – from California « International Liberty

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on December 19, 2012 at 7:54 am Open letter to President Obama (Part 197) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

[…] I wrote last week about the destructive and self-defeating impact of high state taxes. Simply stated, when states such as California, Illinois, and New York get too greedy, the geese with the golden eggs fly across the border. […]
on October 12, 2012 at 3:15 pm The French Version of Atlas Shrugged | The Freedom Watch

[…] people in France don’t understand the risks of driving away the geese that lay the golden eggs. I’ve already posted about productive people escaping France, so that’s not exactly a new […]
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on October 10, 2012 at 8:57 am Amusing California Satire by Walter Williams, but What if Gov. Brown Takes It Seriously? « International Liberty

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on September 14, 2012 at 4:05 am The French Version of Atlas Shrugged

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on September 11, 2012 at 3:27 pm The French Version of Atlas Shrugged « International Liberty

[…] some people in France don’t understand the risks of driving away the geese that lay the golden eggs. Here are some excerpts from a Christian Science Monitor story. “au revoir, looters and […]
on July 24, 2012 at 10:10 am Dan Mitchell: Maryland to Texas, but Not Okay to Move from the United States to Singapore? « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

[…] (only an excerpt, not the entire segment), I explain that it doesn’t make sense to drive the geese with the golden eggs out of the […]
on July 12, 2012 at 9:15 am Why Is It Okay to Escape High Taxes by Moving from Maryland to Texas, but Not Okay to Move from the United States to Singapore? « International Liberty

[…] (only an excerpt, not the entire segment), I explain that it doesn’t make sense to drive the geese with the golden eggs out of the […]
on July 3, 2012 at 11:07 am High taxes are self-defeating « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

[…] I wrote last week about the destructive and self-defeating impact of high state taxes. Simply stated, when states such as California, Illinois, and New York get too greedy, the geese with the golden eggs fly across the border. […]
on June 4, 2012 at 8:14 am Debating Whether States Should Impose Class-Warfare Tax Policy « International Liberty

[…] I wrote last week about the destructive and self-defeating impact of high state taxes. Simply stated, when states such as California, Illinois, and New York get too greedy, the geese with the golden eggs fly across the border. […]
on April 16, 2012 at 11:25 am Professor Greg Mankiw: If You Value Inidividual Liberty, then Protect, Promote, and Preserve Competition Between Governments « International Liberty

[…] to save other nations from that fate, we need competition among governments so politicians have to worry that the geese with the golden eggs can fly away to nations with better […]
on March 26, 2012 at 10:37 am How the Left Thinks Gun Control Actually Works – Daniel J. Mitchell – Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary « Gds44's Blog

[…] Tax competition, as I have explained to the point of being a nuisance, is an important restraint on the greed of the political class. Simply stated, politicians are less like to over-tax and over-spend if they know that geese with the golden eggs can fly across the border. […]
on March 25, 2012 at 12:11 pm Should Sates Be Allowed to Tax Oustide their Borders, Particularly if It Means a Database of Your Online Purchases? « International Liberty

[…] Tax competition, as I have explained to the point of being a nuisance, is an important restraint on the greed of the political class. Simply stated, politicians are less like to over-tax and over-spend if they know that geese with the golden eggs can fly across the border. […]
on September 15, 2011 at 7:17 am Using a Cartoon Video to Explain Government in Less than 3 Minutes « International Liberty

[…] you like cartoon videos with free-market messages, here’s one illustrating the moral bankruptcy of class-warfare tax policy. Rate this: Share this:PrintEmailFacebookTwitterMoredeliciousDiggFarkLinkedInRedditStumbleUponLike […]

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